Lecheng Bridge
Lecheng Bridge | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossed | Hui River | ||||||
| Locale | Sanxi Town of Jingde County, Anhui, China | ||||||
| Characteristics | |||||||
| Design | Arch bridge Stone bridge | ||||||
| Total length | 156 m (512 ft) | ||||||
| Width | 6.2 m (20 ft) | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Construction end | 1543 | ||||||
| Collapsed | July 6, 2020 | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 樂成橋 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乐成桥 | ||||||
| |||||||
Lecheng Bridge (Chinese: 乐成桥; pinyin: Lènchéng Qiáo) was a stone arch bridge in Sanxi Town of Jingde County, Anhui, China. It spanned the Hui River. It was 156 m (512 ft) long and 6.2 m (20 ft) wide.
History[edit]
Lecheng Bridge was originally built in 1543, in the 22nd year of Jiajing period of the Ming dynasty. In the early Qing dynasty, it was damaged by catastrophic floods and was rebuilt in the reign of the Kangxi Emperor.[1] It was designated as a provincial level cultural heritage by Anhui Provincial Government in 2004. On July 6, 2020, it was destroyed by floods.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Fang Guanghua (2012). Ancient Architecture in Jingde County. Hefei, Anhui: Hefei University of Technology Press. ISBN 9787565009655.
- ^ Cao Qing (2020-07-06). 旌德一明代古桥被洪水冲坏 为安徽省重点文物保护单位. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-07-13.